-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 17 January 2002 17:22, Daniel Stone wrote: > /opt is for "add-on" software. kde is not an "add-on". we package it as > part of the distribution, it's not added on.
That is a wrong reading of standard text. /opt -- Add-on application software packages There is a difference between system and application software. C++ library is system software, while a desktop environment like KDE is application software. System can continue functioning in the absence of such application software that is optional, hence the expression "Add-on". As stated in section 3.8, distributions can install software in /opt in accordance with FHS. Moreover, this is an established practice as emphasized in FHS standard text. Sincerely, - -- Eray Ozkural (exa) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo GPG public key fingerprint: 360C 852F 88B0 A745 F31B EA0F 7C07 AE16 874D 539C -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Ru76fAeuFodNU5wRAndQAKCBeku05DBEg3Q5+ToNxv+qU/RE3ACfSqzD lB8hJ3pMTxNNFWlRhrC8Cds= =A9+P -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----